Eric's Trip is a Canadian indie rock band from Moncton, New Brunswick. Eric's Trip achieved prominence as the first Canadian band to be signed to Seattle's flagship grunge label Sub Pop in the early 1990s. The band had a minor hit in alternative circles with the single "View Master", from the 1994 album Forever Again.
Eric's Trip formed in 1990 when musicians Rick White and Chris Thompson joined Julie Doiron and Ed Vaughan (who was later replaced by Mark Gaudet). They took their name from a Sonic Youth song and developed a unique sound which fused elements of the distorted guitar of Dinosaur Jr., vocal elements of My Bloody Valentine, the folk leanings of Neil Young, and the lo-fi aesthetic of Sebadoh. White described their sound as "sappy melodic pop music on top of thick distortion." Gaudet's description was more succinct: "dreamy punk".
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Links to Peel[]
Peel discovered the band in 1993 when he played some of their singles on his shows. Further material from the group were played on his programmes, including a session they recorded for his show in 1993. After 1996, the band went on indefinite hiatus in 1996 and reunited in 2001, but by that time Peel had moved on to other artists and the group never released any new material during his lifetime.
Sessions[]
Eric's Trip - The John Peel Session (1993)
1. Recorded: 1993-09-16. First Broadcast: 23 October 1993. Repeated: 14 May 1994
- Sickness / Red Haired Girl / Lost / Float
Other Shows Played[]
- 1993
- 09 April 1993: Listen (7" EP - Songs About Chris) Sub Pop
- 10 April 1993: Haze (Maxi CD - Peter) Cargo
- 16 April 1993: Haze (EP - Peter) Murderecords
- 01 May 1993: Happens All The Time (EP - Peter) Murderecords
- 07 May 1993: Listen (7" EP - Songs About Chris) Sub Pop
- 07 May 1993: Dinosaurs (7" EP - Songs About Chris) Sub Pop
- 22 May 1993: Hurt (12" EP - Songs About Chris) Sub Pop
- 22 May 1993: Sloansong (12" EP - Songs About Chris) Sub Pop
- 12 June 1993: ‘Mirror (7 inch - Belong)’ (NIM Records)
- 30 July 1993: Need (EP - Peter) Sub Pop
- 01 August 1993 (BFBS): Listen (album - Peter) Sub Pop
- 24 September 1993: Happens All The Time (12" - Peter) Sub Pop
- 01 October 1993 (BFBS): Happens All The Time (12" - Peter) Sub Pop
- 05 November 1993: ‘Behind The Garage (LP – Love Tara )’ (Sub Pop)
- 11 December 1993: Frame (LP – Love Tara) (Sub Pop)
- 1994
- 01 January 1994 (BFBS): Spring (album - Love Tara) Sub Pop
- 13 May 1994: 'Trapped In New York (7 inch – Opening Song)’ Summershine
- 14 October 1994: This Way Out (album - Forever Again) Sub Pop
- 28 October 1994: About You (album - Forever Again) Sub Pop
- 1996
- 09 February 1996: ‘Hourly (LP - Purple Blue )’ Sub Pop
- 09 February 1996: Eyes Shut (album - Purple Blue) Sub Pop
- 17 February 1996 (BFBS): 'Hourly (CD-Purple Blue)' (Sub Pop)
- 24 February 1996: One Floor Below (album - Purple Blue) Sub Pop
- 01 March 1996: 'Now A Friend (LP-Purple Blue)' (Sub Pop)
- 02 March 1996 (BFBS): 'One Floor Below (LP-Purple Blue)' (Sub Pop)
- 18 March 1996: Soon, Coming Closer (LP – Purple Blue) Sub Pop